Holy Family Catholic Church, Oglesby IL

06/11/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 9
Today, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops consecrates the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Parishes and individuals around the country are encouraged to join the U.S. Catholic bishops in this historic occasion, beginning with this Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus written for the consecration.

Pray: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-9-%E2%80%93-consecration-of-the-united-states-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus

06/11/2026

Liturgy from Holy Family Church in Oglesby, IL.

This livestream is offered for the spiritual benefit of our parishioners, especially those who are sick, homebound, or otherwise unable to attend due to weather or other reasons. We warmly invite you to join us in prayer.

For those who are able, Catholics should attend Mass in person on Sundays and holy days of obligation. When one is unable to attend for a serious reason, the obligation does not bind.

Thank you for being with us online, and may God bless you!

06/11/2026

Thursday, Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel Matthew 10: 7-13

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 10,7-13)

Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.
Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.
As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you."

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2026/06/11.html

06/11/2026

St. Barnabas (1st c.) was a Jew from the island of Cyprus who was given the name Joseph at birth. He is mentioned by name in the New Testament. A convert to the Christian faith in Jerusalem, he sold his property and preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles alongside St. Paul the Apostle and St. Mark the Evangelist. He was given the surname Barnabas, meaning ‘Son of Exhortation’ and was highly esteemed among the Christian leaders at Jerusalem and Antioch, almost ranked among the twelve Apostles themselves. St. Luke said of him, “…for he was a good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of Faith.” It was Barnabas who vouched for the genuineness of St. Paul’s conversion and had him accepted as a Christian by the other Apostles. Barnabas was the cousin of St. Mark, and Barnabas famously disputed with St. Paul over bringing Mark along on their missionary journey, which caused the two famed preachers to part ways and travel separately as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. They were later reconciled. Barnabas was eventually stoned to death around the year 61 A.D. His feast day is celebrated on June 11.

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06/10/2026

Weds., Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel Matthew 5: 17-19

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 5,17-19)

Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2026/06/10.html

06/10/2026

Continuing the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as we prepare for the Consecration of the United States of America to the Sacred Heart.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, “the Little Flower,” profoundly understood the gentle and humble heart of Jesus. In contemplating how to be transformed by Christ's love, she reflected that “What pleases [Jesus] is that he sees me loving my littleness and my poverty, the blind hope that I have in his mercy… the weaker one is, without desires or virtues, the more suited one is for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love” (Letter 197 to Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart, September 17, 1896). Let us join with Saint Thérèse in praying for our hearts to be humble like Jesus.

06/09/2026

It is day seven of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Today, we reflect on The Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation.

06/09/2026

Tuesday, Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel Matthew 5: 13-16

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 5,13-16)

Jesus said to his disciples: "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father."

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2026/06/09.html